Case for use with solidified perfumes or the like.



PATENTED APR. 26, 19.04.

4 J. BARBIN. l CASE FOR USE WITH SOLIDIHED PERFUMES 0R THE LIKE.

v AAPPLIMJJJION FILED FEB. 4, 1903.

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In z/enfq UNITED STATES Patented April 2e, 1904.

PATENT @vinca A JEAN BARBIN, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.`

CASE FOR USE WITH SOLIDIFIED PERFUMES OR THE LIKE. l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,234, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed February 4, 1903. Serial No. 141,859. (No modei.) i

sticks in cardboard or metal cases or the like.

The means hitherto used for this purpose .have not, however, yielded any useful practical results, owing to the very rapid liquefaction of the solidified alcohol sticks and the diliiculty of preventing the adhesion of the latter and of making them slide easily in two directions in the cases, and above all of preventing the volatilization of the scent.

The object of the present invention is more particularly to overcome the ditliculties cited above; and it principally consists in providing the metal or cardboard tube forming the actual case with a lining or inner tube of glass. scented alcohol stick .against the action of heat, for instance, and the absence of roughness rom its surface prevents the adhesion of the stick. to the tube and facilitates the slidingr of the said stick in both directions. Cases of this kind must be open at their lower ends as well, in order that the stick can be pushed out by the linger. Then the stick consists of solidiiied alcohol, this opening has the disadvantage of exposing the contents of the tube too much tothe action of theair. To prevent this, I close not only the end by means of a cover7 but also cause to coincide with this end a metal or glass disk in combination with a plug of paraffin, which prevents all volatilization and on which rests the scented stick, the said disk and paraiiin plug being adapted to slide in the tube under the pressure exerted by the finger in order to push the stick out of the case. To prevent all vola- The glass protects the solidified and` tilization at the upper part of the case, the latter is there closed by means of a paraffin stopper, Wh-ich can be easily removed when the stick is pushed upward for use.

Referring to the annexed drawings, which show a case constructed according to my invention, Figure l shows the casein section with the covers removed. Fig.'2 is a similar View showing the stick pushed upward for use, the upper paraffin plug being removed.

The case c is of metal or cardboard and has a cover or lid Z9 and e at its upper and lower ends. Inside the case is a glass tube c, containing the scented stick d, which latter is adapted to be pushed out of the said tube for use by means of a glass disk g of slightlysmaller diameter than the tube c and normally resting on a flange fof the 'latter To prevent the volatilization of the stick Without preventing its easy displacement and use, a disk of paraffin p is placedv on top of the movable glass disk. This paraiiin disk exactly lls the lower aperture of the glass tubeunderneath the alcohol stick al. Above the latter another paraiiin plug p' or disk of the same shape is placed. By this means the volatilizationof the solidified scent-stick is absolutely prevented. For using the stick it is pushed upward, as shown in Fig. 2, in the tube by means of the glass disk g till the upper paraflin plug p is outside the tube and can be removed without damaging it. After the stick has been used the said upper plug is replaced and pushed back into the tube with the stick, and v'olatilization is again prevented.

Vhen the stick has to be used, the glass tube is then withdrawn from the case ai, the glass plugs are unscrewed and removed from the glass tube, and the latter is then used as already described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The case a open at its ends, a cover for the upper end, a second cover @for the lower end of said case, a glass tube c fitting in said case, the said tube being provided with a flange f at its lower end, a movable disk g closing the glass tube at its lower end and resting on said In Witness whereof I have hereunto s et my flange, a paran plug j) resting on said movhand in presence of two Witnesses.

able dlsk and adapted to be pushed upward W1th JEAN BARDIN.

the said diskand a second paraln plug closing 5 the-glass tube at its upper part and adapted Witnesses:

to be removed from the glass tube, substan- GEORGE BEDE, tally as and for the purpose described. GREGORY PHELAN. 

